Morning round-up: Friday 10 February
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories George and Amal Clooney are expecting twins, Matt Damon confirms [Sky News] Remember when legal aid was slashed? The awful effects are taking hold [The...
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The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Panama charges two Mossack Fonseca partners over Brazil link — and refuses them bail [BBC News] Francois Fillon and British wife Penelope expected to face...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Tuesday 14 February
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Tank-chasing lawyer Phil Shiner reported to police by Tory MP for hounding Iraq heroes [The Sun] Divorcees don’t need to afford lifestyle they were...
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The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Supreme Court Brexit ruling may affect legal action against Tony Blair and other ‘state officials’ over Iraq War [The Independent] Moors murderer Ian Brady...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Thursday 16 February
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Attacks on judges undermine law — Supreme Court president [BBC News] UK legal academics urge PM to cancel Donald Trump’s state visit [The Guardian] Top...
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The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Brexit judge Lord Neuberger’s verdict on basement plan near his mews home: it cannot Remain [Evening Standard] Tutor warns Cambridge students not to wear...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Monday 20 February
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Woman in US abortion legal test case Roe v Wade dies [BBC News] In Roe vs Wade, judges started using the law as a political tool — they haven’t stopped...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Tuesday 21 February
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Ruling due on civil partnership challenge [BBC News] Judge in undercover police inquiry has motor neurone disease [The Guardian] Brexit law hits Lords with...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Wednesday 22 February
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Supreme Court to rule on foreign spouse income limit [BBC News] University students could be fined or handed criminal records for plagiarised essays, new...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Thursday 23 February
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Barrister orders Piers Morgan to retract allegation that he is a ‘liar’ [Legal Cheek] Britain faces ‘legal void’ if it fails to strike EU trade deal, warns...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Friday 24 February
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Lawyer who helped Guantanamo Bay detainee win payout faces being struck off [The Telegraph] Former top family judge, 71, commits suicide after being...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Monday 27 February
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Thousands spent on judges’ security amid growing hostility [The Guardian] Theresa May fears Scottish government could call a second independence referendum...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Tuesday 28 February
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Couple to launch appeal after losing legal battle to keep pet dog in £1million plush London pad [The Sun] Fears for environment as automatic legal ‘cost...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Wednesday 1 March
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Lawyers back call for national child abuse inquiry to name perpetrators [The Guardian] Woman who kept £20 she found on newsagents’ floor ends up with...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Thursday 2 March
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Government defeated on Brexit bill [BBC News] Government vows to overturn EU citizens vote after Lords defeat [The Guardian] Parliament warned of threat to...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Friday 3 March
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Gina Miller threatens another legal challenge unless the PM guarantees a ‘meaningful’ vote on the final Brexit deal [Mail Online] Should the government...
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The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Six reasons why protecting the rights of EU nationals in the UK after Brexit will not be that simple [BuzzFeed] Gina Miller says she fought Article 50 in...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Tuesday 7 March
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Theresa May must not use ‘Henry VIII powers’ to make post-Brexit laws behind Parliament’s back, report warns [Independent] Youth sentencing to take child’s...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Wednesday 8 March
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Amal Clooney says extra publicity she’s gained from marriage to George can be ‘a really good thing’ for her legal work [Mail Online] Law in Action: Joshua...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Thursday 9 March
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories British supreme court justice makes veiled attack on Donald Trump [The Guardian] Gina Miller is right: it is women who will bear the cost of Brexit...
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